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for one thing, it's too distant from israel. it does not border israel at any point. it wouldn't be in a position to do anything besides maybe provide some equipment through the egypt/gaza border. >> that's the point. we do have longer range rockets that are now beginning to endanger tel aviv which most analysts agree are being trafficked into gaza at least with minimal help from the iranians. you don't think that's going to weigh on the minds of israeli lawmakers and defense ministers? >> the issue in relation to iran that certainly weighs on the minds of israeli politicians is the nuclear program. what is currently happening with gaza is going to stay localized with gaza. there is no -- i think any possibility that this will by itself turn into a broader war between israel and iran. there may well be war between israel and iran down the road, but it wouldn't be in relation to rockets from gaza. it would be directly in relation to the nuclear program. that's the threat to israel, not the rockets. >> so in terms of the increase that we've seen in the price of wti and
for one thing, it's too distant from israel. it does not border israel at any point. it wouldn't be in a position to do anything besides maybe provide some equipment through the egypt/gaza border. >> that's the point. we do have longer range rockets that are now beginning to endanger tel aviv which most analysts agree are being trafficked into gaza at least with minimal help from the iranians. you don't think that's going to weigh on the minds of israeli lawmakers and defense ministers?...
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as we continue to see fighting escalate in the gaza strip as we continue to watch what israel and what palestinians are doing in the area and the fact that there does not appear to be any cease-fire on the horizon although egypt's prime minister is in gaza today urging some international cooperation. we're also looking at the fact that oil prices here in the u.s. have basically erased this week's losses because of the gains that we're seeing currently in the oil complex. we're also hearing reports about iraqi enjoy saying that arabs should use oil to press israel over gaza. those headlines helping to cause this bid in the oil complex. in the gold market, we've seen steady declines over the last several sessions and now a little bit of stabilization in the gold market. there are concerns based on the world gold council report about demand particularly out of china. we've seen the cme lower margins for gold and silver so that may have an impact on the trading activity from here. carl, back to you at the white house. >> all right. thanks so much. in a half hour from now the president will
as we continue to see fighting escalate in the gaza strip as we continue to watch what israel and what palestinians are doing in the area and the fact that there does not appear to be any cease-fire on the horizon although egypt's prime minister is in gaza today urging some international cooperation. we're also looking at the fact that oil prices here in the u.s. have basically erased this week's losses because of the gains that we're seeing currently in the oil complex. we're also hearing...
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reports coming out of israel citing officials on israel radio that a truce could be announced as late as tuesday night this evening with the arrival of u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. that's what's happening outside of gaza. here in gaza it still feels like a war footing. in the last couple of hours the iz rally israelis have warned of imminent attacks on homes and neighborhoods and forcing people to leave their cities and move into central gaza and an indication that a ground invasion may be imminent if a truce is not sealed within the next couple of hours. you can get a sense there's a great sense of fear among ordinary people of gaza that in coming hours it could go either one of two ways. people are hoping it will be a truce but there's no doubt with these types of leaflets and thousands of soldiers amassed on the border, it could be a ominous sign that war is on the horizon. david? >> thank you very much. >> let's head back to headquarters. kate kelly has breaking news for us. >> we just received word that u.s. attorney for the southern district along with enforcement ar
reports coming out of israel citing officials on israel radio that a truce could be announced as late as tuesday night this evening with the arrival of u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. that's what's happening outside of gaza. here in gaza it still feels like a war footing. in the last couple of hours the iz rally israelis have warned of imminent attacks on homes and neighborhoods and forcing people to leave their cities and move into central gaza and an indication that a ground invasion...
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israel is balking at that. it's reportedly saying it agrees in principle to the lifting of that siege, but not to the timing. they say they want to postpone that, some say until after the elections. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> at $267 million u.s. prosecutors call it the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever. we get reaction from the judge who presided over the raj raj rat man trial and which tablet will santa be carrying this year? americans are always reado work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪
israel is balking at that. it's reportedly saying it agrees in principle to the lifting of that siege, but not to the timing. they say they want to postpone that, some say until after the elections. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> at $267 million u.s. prosecutors call it the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever. we get reaction from the judge who presided over the raj raj rat man trial and which tablet will santa be carrying this year? americans are always reado work hard...
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up obviously israel and syria over the last few weeks, that's better than israel and iran. back to you. >> that's true. bertha, thank you very much for that. congratulations if you are hold cisco shares coming into this session. they are experiencing a good bump on last night's results. we'll talk about what they are doing right and whether risks lie ahead next on the program and who would be affected the most if we go over the fiscal cliff? we'll get up close and personal with the cliff and as we head toward the break, another fiscal cliff fact. >> if lawmakers fail to agree on a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff, increasing tax rates on high income taxpayers will result in over 39,000 jobs lost in florida, 27,000 in ohio, and 76,000 in california. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat
up obviously israel and syria over the last few weeks, that's better than israel and iran. back to you. >> that's true. bertha, thank you very much for that. congratulations if you are hold cisco shares coming into this session. they are experiencing a good bump on last night's results. we'll talk about what they are doing right and whether risks lie ahead next on the program and who would be affected the most if we go over the fiscal cliff? we'll get up close and personal with the cliff...
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not part of them, israel does not support them. i don't know how we prevail in the middle east unless we have a close, working, and trusted relationship with israel and the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. >> yeah. then, of course, there's the issue of libya. you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden interview? >> it's a tragedy for those being killed, it's also a metaphor for the failure of this administration to directly confront terrorism. this administration calls the ft. hood murders workplace violence rather than act of terrorism. they used to call terrorism a manmade disaster. and for the president to stretch the interpretation of that statement, that was the morning after the terrible acts in benghazi, 4 1/2 minutes into the statement he used the word terror and followed his discussion of september 11th, 2001. he's trying to rewrite history a
not part of them, israel does not support them. i don't know how we prevail in the middle east unless we have a close, working, and trusted relationship with israel and the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. >> yeah. then, of course, there's the issue of libya. you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden...
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concerned about what may happen in terms of tensions we've already seen escalating perhaps between israel and iran. add to that the fact we did get this report that from reuters about the decline in iranian oil exports down 300,000 barrels in march and that was a big change and the first major change we've seen since the tighter sanctions have been imposed. but also keep in mind as we look at gas and futures here up five cents going into the weekend, look at what's happened to the brent/wti spread and how it continues to blow out. a lot of folks say there is an indication that many do not believe even though the saudis came out this week and said the oil market is over supplied that they would be able to make up for any shortage, significant shortage from iran in terms of when the oil embargo goes into play. that is something that many traders are continuing to talk about and a big concern that they say is likely to continue to have brent crude futures moving higher. we are looking at 127 a barrel the high today for brent, 108.25 for wti futures. back to you. >> i read the reuters report
concerned about what may happen in terms of tensions we've already seen escalating perhaps between israel and iran. add to that the fact we did get this report that from reuters about the decline in iranian oil exports down 300,000 barrels in march and that was a big change and the first major change we've seen since the tighter sanctions have been imposed. but also keep in mind as we look at gas and futures here up five cents going into the weekend, look at what's happened to the brent/wti...
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israel joins us here at post nine. israel, hi. >> how are you? thanks for having me on the show. >> thanks for stopping by. what was the reaction like and when did you start to see the impact on your website? >> we've seen with the rumors around the mini and the ipad but we were taught by surprise as soon as the announcement took place in san jose we saw an immediate spike in the trades online. it was incredible. >> 700%? >> 700% over the day before. it was about 1,000 ipads in its first hour since the announcement. >> it's incredible and it comes at a time when people are looking perhaps at what they can do with their old devices so now that there's all these new product cycles explain how your company works. >> we try to keep it simple for consumers. we know the consumers want to upgrade to the latest device and we provide consumers an easy way to look up the product that they want to trade in, look up the price and if they're happy with the price, we'll pay for the shipping, send you the packag g packaging, we get the device and pay you. for a
israel joins us here at post nine. israel, hi. >> how are you? thanks for having me on the show. >> thanks for stopping by. what was the reaction like and when did you start to see the impact on your website? >> we've seen with the rumors around the mini and the ipad but we were taught by surprise as soon as the announcement took place in san jose we saw an immediate spike in the trades online. it was incredible. >> 700%? >> 700% over the day before. it was about...
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. >> and of course if israel decides to do something in iran, oil's going the other way. >> let's talk about this major change in the dow jones industrial average that was announced this morning. united health will join the dow, replacing kraft foods. change will be effective as of the close of trading on september 21st. this is no surprise. kraft spun off its international busine business. a big percentage of its revenues come from outside the united states and this is a smaller market cap as a spinoff so it was a logical replacement. >> i will see you first, don't buy united health. there's very little money. my hands are different color from my face. what does that mean? there's makeup. >> the dow jones industrial average, the price pointed index which should have absolutely no meaning but they have to keep doing it that way because that's the way they started. everybody follows the s&p but we talk about the dow jones because that's what you hear about on the radio. >> this is the opportunity for the dow to go higher. kraft very levered to commodity costs. particularly we know that
. >> and of course if israel decides to do something in iran, oil's going the other way. >> let's talk about this major change in the dow jones industrial average that was announced this morning. united health will join the dow, replacing kraft foods. change will be effective as of the close of trading on september 21st. this is no surprise. kraft spun off its international busine business. a big percentage of its revenues come from outside the united states and this is a smaller...
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the pension funds in israel used to invest nearly exclusively 90% of their money here in israel. that has fallen to 50%. that has a really big impact on a country that's known as start-up nation. because they require or rely on a lot of local money to do all of these start-ups. so it's known for, we've already told you, a lot of high-tech stuff. biotech, small pharma companies as well have also become really big global leaders when it comes to treatments for specific diseases. we spent time with brainstorm cell therapeutics. that's one of those companies. they're working on a way to fight als. that's lou gehrig's disease. they have evidence that they're on the right track. >> we did not encounter any unexceptional side effect, even a minor one, except some mild fever for some hours. and no serious or adverse event in those subjected patients. >> up to date over 700 patients begging to be put on the trial. it comes to the level of -- people knock at my door. >> at your house? the office? >> at my house, even. at my house. even though i'm not part of the committee that decides whic
the pension funds in israel used to invest nearly exclusively 90% of their money here in israel. that has fallen to 50%. that has a really big impact on a country that's known as start-up nation. because they require or rely on a lot of local money to do all of these start-ups. so it's known for, we've already told you, a lot of high-tech stuff. biotech, small pharma companies as well have also become really big global leaders when it comes to treatments for specific diseases. we spent time...
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if that's the case, israel could step up and act unilaterally. if that's the case, all bets are off with this market. >> appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> the third hour of "squawk on the street" just getting started. >> gallagher's mad as hell. >> rick santelli is just as mad. now you two can be mad as hell together. watch them smash their anger and more. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right
if that's the case, israel could step up and act unilaterally. if that's the case, all bets are off with this market. >> appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> the third hour of "squawk on the street" just getting started. >> gallagher's mad as hell. >> rick santelli is just as mad. now you two can be mad as hell together. watch them smash their anger and more. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today....
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ministers meeting over greece and that's going to be an impact on the markets and we have geopolitics and israel saying they won't take direct hits from syria. that is something that the market has been watching very closely as well. the big story that has long-term ramifications for the u.s. oil industry and for the global energy trade is definitely the report today from the international energy agency where they said that they believe that the u.s. will become the top oil producer in the world by 2020. overtaking saudi arabia. overtaking russia and the fact that u.s. will be self-sufficient by 2035. this is a huge sea change in the debate that we've been hearing about the dependence on foreign oil, about green energy and the fact that we're looking at this share revolution is having an impact not only on oil markets but natural gas markets here in the u.s. and international energy agency highlighting this in their report. back to you. >> thank you very much. shares of disney getting an upgrade after getting battered last week. citi upgrading from buy to neutral. they are saying that lucas film
ministers meeting over greece and that's going to be an impact on the markets and we have geopolitics and israel saying they won't take direct hits from syria. that is something that the market has been watching very closely as well. the big story that has long-term ramifications for the u.s. oil industry and for the global energy trade is definitely the report today from the international energy agency where they said that they believe that the u.s. will become the top oil producer in the...
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another thing, folks are watching the situation between israel and iran as that rhetoric continues to be at a fairly high pitch. you're seeing a lot of calls for next month and october. the expectation is these prices will go higher and with the outline that is i monday outline we hear something from the ebc we could see a move to the outside. brent futures are lower as they are set to expire so that brent premium has come in just a bit. we're seeing profit taking in gasoline after that big surge yesterday on the big draw down on implied demand. nept garks smaller than expected injection this morning nonetheless. it didn't really hold up in terms of the flip up we saw in prices. it's now lower. gold despite that report coming from the world gold council with the dollar, little bit lower. gold is strong. when you look at the precious metals, outlier is platinum. big violence happening down at the third largest platinum mine down in south africa, that mine has seen some people killed in what has been an extended dispute with workers, the mine is asking workers to go back from that strik
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more talk coming out of israel about a potential strike against iran. brent is really soaring. and we've got those outages in the north sea that just don't seem to stop. one of the things that people are watching is the brent curve. dennis gartman talked about it boog a ste being a steep backwardation. we're watching gasoline here. andy lipo says between the drought causing ethanol prices up by a nickel and you've also got the california refinery fire, that's adding about 15, 20 cents to the price of gasoline, which is now up 30 cents from a month ago. not bad timing for tesoro to buy. >> thanks very much, bertha coombs. want to take a look at ingersoll rand. we've talked about a lack of merger and acquisition activity in this market. one area i continue to hear a lot about is shareholder activism. it doesn't show up that often any longer in big proxy fights where everybody has to spent a lot of money and a lot of time. but it doesn't often show itself in the appointment of a board member here, an appointment of a board member there. and things of that nature. and nelson peltz
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he has a miserable prord when it comes to throwing israel under the bus and our presence in the northeast and calling it a bump in the road. i think you can slice and dice this president on almost every issue and everything he has touched has turned out badly, and so i think it is time that this house of cards comes down and hope. ly what we're going to see on wednesday night at this debate is a real contrast in what the facts are and what the truth is and the american people need to hear it. >> let's switch gears. there was an op-ed below mitt romney's and the next battleground in the state labor wars. i will summarize. michigan will have a constitutional state amendment on their ballot in november. to make it jordan sweet, it will really empower unions, so potentially what happened in indiana, right to work state won't happen. my question is, boy, michigan, how well did the unions and the auto industry turn out? think gm bailout. this is shocking to me because the states that seem to be going the other way show so much more economic depth in the recovery. thoughts? >> well, first of all
he has a miserable prord when it comes to throwing israel under the bus and our presence in the northeast and calling it a bump in the road. i think you can slice and dice this president on almost every issue and everything he has touched has turned out badly, and so i think it is time that this house of cards comes down and hope. ly what we're going to see on wednesday night at this debate is a real contrast in what the facts are and what the truth is and the american people need to hear it....
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. >> madam secretary, how wise was it for, we believe, the cia and/or israel to invent the stooks net worm that attacked iran's nuclear facilities when the data on that, the infrastructure is now available on the internet and it could be actually turned around and aimed back at the united states? >> well, the plain fact of the matter is that there are online programs now that, in the hands of somebody with just a modicum of cyber training can be used to infiltrate other types of control systems. i've seen demonstrations of it. we've provided demonstrations of it to the congress, so we live in a world right now where these kinds of attacks can occur. they do occur, and that's why it's so important for the congress to move. >> well you're obviously very clear about the eminent threat. let me ask you, therefore, where we are. you've got a very diverse water and power system across america, as melissa says, all privately owned. how many, what percentage of that infrastructure, of those players have defenses anywhere near capable of defending them from a stooks knit style worm? >> i can't
. >> madam secretary, how wise was it for, we believe, the cia and/or israel to invent the stooks net worm that attacked iran's nuclear facilities when the data on that, the infrastructure is now available on the internet and it could be actually turned around and aimed back at the united states? >> well, the plain fact of the matter is that there are online programs now that, in the hands of somebody with just a modicum of cyber training can be used to infiltrate other types of...
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obama saying israel knows as president of the united states, i don't bluff. certainly it was interesting when you take a look at the trading yesterday, jim, the rumor or the report initially came out as soon as the regular session closed, when electronic trading resumed and that -- the volumes are thinner in electronic trading, oil prices pushed around and the equity markets didn't react too much. >> interesting, the transports didn't even blink. the transports to me are the most sensitive to the oil trade. i didn't like what happened yesterday. i felt someone knew something. i felt someone planted something. i thought it was real chicanery. if i was the s.e.c., i would be investigating every aspect of the story. >> do you think a hedge fund -- it was iran pressed tv that reported it. that would be a difficult investigation for the s.e.c. -- >> someone had it early. someone had it early. i would like to know how these things happen. >> gadhafi used to play the oil market all the time. >> sure. when i see a rumor, this is what i want the government to do. i do
obama saying israel knows as president of the united states, i don't bluff. certainly it was interesting when you take a look at the trading yesterday, jim, the rumor or the report initially came out as soon as the regular session closed, when electronic trading resumed and that -- the volumes are thinner in electronic trading, oil prices pushed around and the equity markets didn't react too much. >> interesting, the transports didn't even blink. the transports to me are the most...
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. >> the snap election in israel and whatever is going on at the moment with turkey and syria. >> well the price action is telling us an opposite story, with call of the volatility for the last week, that's how the market has put in a near term price bottom. $90 is a key support level. we went from june at 78 up to 102 so the half way point is 90 and that's the breakup point from last december. there are so many price shock potentials that can push the crude oil market up. it's a sign of stability with the price action here and if we take out 93.84, that was the high on september 21st, with he could get a healthy bounce because all of the shorts in crude have had to be extremely nimble over the last three years because every time we bounce higher. >> sharon? >> it's important to look at where the brent crude contract is as well, because that is what many traders look at in terms of where this geopolitical risk premium is and the fact that we saw the premium of brent to wti at a record of $23, now some traders say part of the reason why we're looking at more strength here in the wti con
. >> the snap election in israel and whatever is going on at the moment with turkey and syria. >> well the price action is telling us an opposite story, with call of the volatility for the last week, that's how the market has put in a near term price bottom. $90 is a key support level. we went from june at 78 up to 102 so the half way point is 90 and that's the breakup point from last december. there are so many price shock potentials that can push the crude oil market up. it's a...
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. >> a big data company based in israel. they have the right chips that go with romly the intel chip. here you're talking about a 40% move. i like ways to win. you got mellanox and five below in ipo. it's not arctic camp here but a place that is five times what a dollar store is and i love to shop there. >> talk about, this is a big day to play. what is the story? >> they have -- if you want to do cloud you need their chip technology. if you want to do big data, their chip technology. if you go to one of these big data farms you can see a lot of mellanox tech. if intel wanted to be in this business they could. they chose not to. their romly chip which was on fire yesterday is complementary to mellanox. when a stock is up 40% it says the analysts have no idea what they're doing. this was one of the strongest five companies in the first half of the year and will be in the second half. >> five below, fender, is any kind of increased ipo activity, repairing the facebook damage? >> well, fred thompson the other day said there rea
. >> a big data company based in israel. they have the right chips that go with romly the intel chip. here you're talking about a 40% move. i like ways to win. you got mellanox and five below in ipo. it's not arctic camp here but a place that is five times what a dollar store is and i love to shop there. >> talk about, this is a big day to play. what is the story? >> they have -- if you want to do cloud you need their chip technology. if you want to do big data, their chip...
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israel knows that. is this more about drill, drill, drill or frac, frac, frac, an attempting to defuse that issue in advance of the presidential election and therefore the possibility that there could be greater production within america? >> no. i toedon't think so. i think they're generally worried about the height of prices and the potential for damage to the global economy. i'm sitting here calling you from abu dabhi. i'm not 200 kilometers from iran. i think that's obviously been a geopolitical boost to the price that you could argue wasn't based on fundamentals. i think what's been interesting is up to now the saudis have basically been silent on the subject of the oil price right up to these heights that we've reached. and that's the most silent we've ever had -- most silence we've ever had from saudi arabia given how high prices are. this action, i think, is doubly encouraging to the market from the point of view of bringing down prices. firstly, because of the physical quantity of oil they're ma
israel knows that. is this more about drill, drill, drill or frac, frac, frac, an attempting to defuse that issue in advance of the presidential election and therefore the possibility that there could be greater production within america? >> no. i toedon't think so. i think they're generally worried about the height of prices and the potential for damage to the global economy. i'm sitting here calling you from abu dabhi. i'm not 200 kilometers from iran. i think that's obviously been a...